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Edgar Cayce

Edgar Cayce was born on March 8, 1877 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He was born to mother Carrie Cayce and father Leslie B. Cayce as their second child. Edgar was the first child of his parents to live because their first child died shortly after her first birthday from unknown causes. Edgar grew up with three sisters on a farm in Kentucky. Many things happened in Edgar Cayce’s childhood. When he was only four, he witnessed the accidental drowning of his grandfather at his family farm. For some years there after, Edgar experienced many mystical “visits” from his grandfather. (XXIII)
In 1890, Edgar experienced his first major angelic sighting. At age 13 Edgar experienced an angelic presence ...

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caused his psychic powers to present themselves. If it were not for this accident, Edgar Cayce might not have ever been a seer as he was. Because of this simple accident, Edgar was able to help thousands better their lives, and also for him to lead a successful life. (XXIV)
In 1895, when Edgar is eighteen, he is working in a bookstore with a fourteen-year-old girl named Gertrude Evans. They quickly become close and then become engaged 1897 when Edgar is twenty and Gertrude sixteen. After six years of being engaged, the two marry in the June of 1903. They go on to have three sons: Hugh Lynn Cayce, Milton Porter Cayce (who dies of a whooping cough), and Edgar Evans Cayce.
1911 is a turning point in Edgar Cayce’s life. When he is thirty-four, Gertrude contracts Tuberculosis and is considered helpless by her doctor. She asks for a reading from Edgar, which she credits her husband’s powers for saving her life. This is a turning point in Edgar’s life and career because after this ...

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Added: 3/8/2011 08:53:40 PM
Submitted By: ohkateeee
Category: Biographies
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 591
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